Record Details:

San Leon Community Church

	Latitude:	29.485168
	Longitude:	-94.923264

Organization: Faith-Based Disaster Recovery Services
Facility Type: Volunteer Camp
Status: Open

Address:
805 10th St
San Leon, TX 77539

Region:	Gulf
County/Parish:	Galveston

Capacity: 50

Main/General Business Number: (281) 559-2170 OR Anyone wishing to volunteer can call Mona Wilson as 832-892-5633







This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

Notes:

Published September 23, 2008

SAN LEON — More than week after Hurricane Ike struck this low-lying, Galveston Bay community, some residents say they’re still without electricity, and drive-through lines at relief stations here remained steady Tuesday afternoon.

Dawn Guajardo and Nancy Casto, both of San Leon, entered the supply line at San Leon Community Church, which received a tractor-trailer of water, food and sundries from Valero and other donors.

“I filled out a form to have my yard picked up,” Casto said. “My husband’s had back surgery, and he can’t do it.”

The Rev. Bob Gibson said his church started distributing produce about a month before Ike made landfall.

“God gave us four weeks to learn how to do this,” said Gibson, from inside his dark church that was flooded during the storm.

The church at Ninth Street and Avenue H was a compound, loaded with pallets of water and boxes of food. Teens from Clear Lake Community Church sorted through tables of sundries and helped load the goods into residents’ cars.

Gary Menke and Rocky Marx with Verizon set up free phone banks at the church and Bayshore Park. Marx said all local and some long-distance calls are free.

Mona Wilson is organizing the volunteer effort at the church.

“We’re trying to help get the community back on their feet,” Wilson said. “And we need volunteers. These kids will only be able to do it the rest of the week.”

Anyone wishing to volunteer can call Wilson as 832-892-5633.

The church has a tent that will serve as a shelter for up to 50 people and outdoor showers set up with plywood for privacy.

“We’ve also got disaster relieve mud-out teams for people who need it,” Gibson said. “We plan to do this for six to eight weeks.”

Info Source/Changes:

Created At: Mon Sep 29 22:10:25 +0000 2008
Updated At: Mon Sep 29 22:19:35 +0000 2008
Updated By: DNug

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